The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,498 - Aug 15 2021

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'The -- - -- --', adventure story by John Buchan THIRTYNINESTEPS
-- Eddy, twangy guitar legend DUANE
-- Fletcher, comedian most famous for his Odd Odes CYRIL
-- Kenton, 1912-79, US pianist, composer and bandleader STAN
-- Rose, large eating apple from New Zealand PACIFIC
Addictive drug from poppies OPIUM
Book of the Apocrypha SUSANNA
Bujumbura is the largest city in this African country BURUNDI
Cautious and uncommunicative CAGY
China's second-largest city BEIJING
English record-breaking javelin-thrower FATIMAWHITBREAD
Entrances to fields FIVEBARREDGATES
Eva --, 1963-96, US singer of jazz, folk and blues music CASSIDY
Exercise system intended to improve one's posture PILATES
Feline mammal with tufted ears, the wildcat LYNX
Film or novel set at a time before an existing work PREQUEL
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Goods kept for customer until payment is completed LAYAWAY
Group of southern African native warriors IMPI
Humped Asian ox ZEBU
Italian dish of boiled cornmeal POLENTA
John --, wealthy marine insurance dealer in 'Our Mutual Friend' PODSNAP
Mal --, batsman who played for Northants, Lancashire and England A LOYE
Person who complains or grumbles GROUSER
Person with a particular advantage INSIDER
Poison obtained from deadly nightshade ATROPIN
Pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, avarice and sloth SEVENDEADLYSINS
Silencer fitted to vehicle's exhaust in North America MUFFLER
Sir Henry --, 1756-1823, Scottish portrait painter RAEBURN
The Dave -- Five, English rock group with hits in 1960s CLARK
Wife and sister of Osiris, Egyptian fertility goddess ISIS
Wormlike parasites of marine invertebrates MESOZOA
Zaragoza's river EBRO